India and South Africa, two cricketing giants, whenever they’ve clashed history has been made. From Sachin’s 200* in Gwalior to Donald’s fiery spell in Kolkata back in 1992, these two teams have shared some beautiful cricketing moments. Now in 2018, Virat Kohli’s men have some uphill task in Proteas’ backyard. We all are looking forward to the series but before that let’s have a look at the history between these two most successful teams of cricket.

The first ODI between these two teams was played back in 1991 at the Eden Garden which India won by 3 wickets. From then on they’ve played 77 ODIs, 34 Test matches and 10 T20s together.

Test

ODIs

T20s

Teams

Mat

won

lost

draw

mat

won

lost

NR

mat

Won

Lost

draw

IND

34

10

13

10

77

29

45

3

10

6

4

0

SA

34

13

10

10

77

45

29

3

10

4

6

0

Cricket fans see the greatest of players playing to whenever these two teams collide together. There has been a lot runs made by the best among the bests.

Name

Mat (test)

Runs

HS

Avg

SR Tendulkar

25

1741

169

42.46

J Kallis

18

1734

201*

69.36

H Amla

19*

1328

253*

44.26

Name

Mat (ODI)

Runs

HS

Avg

SR Tendulkar

57

2001

200*

35.73

J Kallis

37

1535

119*

61.40

G Kirsten

26

1377

133*

62.59

We’ve also seen some greatest bowling performances.

Name

Match (Test)

Wickets

BBM

Avg

A Kumble

21

84

8/113

31.79

J Srinath

13

64

8/68

24.83

D Steyn

14*

63

10/108

21.41

Name

Match (ODI)

Wickets

BBM

Avg

S Pollock

33

48

5/37

24.47

A Donald

26

46

5/29

21.15

A Kumble

40

46

4/25

32.00

When it comes to behind the stumps Mark Boucher has the record of most dismissals in both Test(60) and ODIs(42).

The encounter between these two has always been close. But as per as the largest victory in Test is concerned India won the Delhi test in 2015 by 337 runs whereas South Africa has won in Durban by 10 wickets. In ODIs, South Africa has won a Mumbai ODI by 214 runs where the target was 439 back in 2015.

J Kallis has the record of most hundreds in test matches with 7 hundred's in his pockets, in ODIs, AB de Villiers is record holder with 6 hundred's to date.

The most memorable moment was probably 24th Feb 2010 Gwalior ODI when Sachin Tendulkar made the first ever double hundred in ODIs. He was not out on 200* and it took him 147 balls to make with 25 4s and 3 6s.

India vs South Africa : A brief cricketing history

India and South Africa, two cricketing giants, whenever they’ve clashed history has been made. From Sachin’s 200* in Gwalior to Donald’s fiery spell in Kolkata back in 1992, these two teams have shared some beautiful cricketing moments. Now in 2018, Virat Kohli’s men have some uphill task in Proteas’ backyard. We all are looking forward to the series but before that let’s have a look at the history between these two most successful teams of cricket.

The first ODI between these two teams was played back in 1991 at the Eden Garden which India won by 3 wickets. From then on they’ve played 77 ODIs, 34 Test matches and 10 T20s together.

Test

ODIs

T20s

Teams

Mat

won

lost

draw

mat

won

lost

NR

mat

Won

Lost

draw

IND

34

10

13

10

77

29

45

3

10

6

4

0

SA

34

13

10

10

77

45

29

3

10

4

6

0

Cricket fans see the greatest of players playing to whenever these two teams collide together. There has been a lot runs made by the best among the bests.

Name

Mat (test)

Runs

HS

Avg

SR Tendulkar

25

1741

169

42.46

J Kallis

18

1734

201*

69.36

H Amla

19*

1328

253*

44.26

Name

Mat (ODI)

Runs

HS

Avg

SR Tendulkar

57

2001

200*

35.73

J Kallis

37

1535

119*

61.40

G Kirsten

26

1377

133*

62.59

We’ve also seen some greatest bowling performances.

Name

Match (Test)

Wickets

BBM

Avg

A Kumble

21

84

8/113

31.79

J Srinath

13

64

8/68

24.83

D Steyn

14*

63

10/108

21.41

Name

Match (ODI)

Wickets

BBM

Avg

S Pollock

33

48

5/37

24.47

A Donald

26

46

5/29

21.15

A Kumble

40

46

4/25

32.00

When it comes to behind the stumps Mark Boucher has the record of most dismissals in both Test(60) and ODIs(42).

The encounter between these two has always been close. But as per as the largest victory in Test is concerned India won the Delhi test in 2015 by 337 runs whereas South Africa has won in Durban by 10 wickets. In ODIs, South Africa has won a Mumbai ODI by 214 runs where the target was 439 back in 2015.

J Kallis has the record of most hundreds in test matches with 7 hundred's in his pockets, in ODIs, AB de Villiers is record holder with 6 hundred's to date.

The most memorable moment was probably 24th Feb 2010 Gwalior ODI when Sachin Tendulkar made the first ever double hundred in ODIs. He was not out on 200* and it took him 147 balls to make with 25 4s and 3 6s.